™️ Canada CIPO Trademark Decision Watch

Trademarks Opposition Board decisions published by the Canadian Intellectual Property Office: case title, neutral citation, publication date and the decision document link, keyed on the source's own item id. LISTING SCOPE: the decision index only; the decision PDF is not downloaded or interpreted.

## Source
    CIPO Trademarks Opposition Board decisions, Decisia (public, logged-out)
    - https://decisions.opic-cipo.gc.ca/tmob-comc/decisions/en/nav_date.do

    Public, logged-out only — no API key, login, cookie or CAPTCHA.

    ## Pricing
    | Event | Price (FREE tier) |
    |---|---|
    | Actor start (`apify-actor-start`) | $0.02 one-time |
    | Source check (`source-check`) | $0.10 |

| Per delta (decision-delta) | $0.10 |

`source-check` ladder, GOLD-floored: **$0.10 / $0.09 / $0.08 / $0.067**, charged
    once per run after the source is successfully read — seed and evidenced-zero runs
    included, a BLOCKED run excluded. The per-delta value event (`decision-delta`) is the **primary** event and is priced at **$0.10 per delta** at the FREE tier. Ladder, GOLD-floored: **$0.10 / $0.09 / $0.08 / $0.067** (FREE / BRONZE / SILVER / GOLD-PLATINUM-DIAMOND). `source-check` still charges; it is no longer the headline event. Billed deltas are capped at 500 per run and any overflow is reported as a withholding rather than charged.

    ## Snapshot mode is a PREVIEW
    `watch_mode: false` returns at most **25 records**, hard-capped in code regardless
    of `max_items`, labeled `output_mode: "preview"`. This cell sells change detection,
    not bulk record export.

    ## Watch semantics
    First watch run stores a private baseline and emits **zero** deltas. Later runs emit
    `NEW` / `CHANGED` / `REMOVED` keyed on the source-native id with `before` / `after`
    and `changed_fields`. A build whose signature shape changes RE-SEEDS instead of
    emitting a storm, and a run that hits a blocked fetch is **not diffed at all** —
    a source outage is not a mass removal.

    ## Source cadence
    TMOB publishes decisions in batches — 134 decisions across 6 pages for 2026 on the measured date, the newest 2026-07-09. Quiet weeks are normal.

    ## A note on the source address

The obvious hostname for these decisions, decisions.cipo.ic.gc.ca, does not exist — it fails DNS resolution outright. CanLII, the usual fallback, blocks automated access on the web and requires an API key on its API. The live public surface is Lexum Decisia at decisions.opic-cipo.gc.ca, reached via CIPO's own trademarks page.

The listing is served inside an iframe. The ordinary page URL returns a perfectly valid 200-OK page containing zero decisions — so this cell requests the iframe view and treats a page with no decision links as a BLOCKED read, never as a quiet year. That distinction is the difference between "no decisions this week" and "we have been reading the wrong page since launch".

## Terminal states
    `NORMAL` · `SUCCEEDED-0: GENUINE_EMPTY` · `SUCCEEDED-0` (no change) · `PARTIAL` · `BLOCKED`.
    A zero with no evidence FAILS loud rather than exiting 0 quietly.

Output is one decision_record row per result; billing is pay-per-event, the value event being one decision delta (a $0.02 start fee per run, then $0.10 per decision delta plus one $0.10 source check per run that reads the source). Source: decisions.opic-cipo.gc.ca.

No login, no API key and no CAPTCHA solving are involved: the source is read logged-out with an identified contact User-Agent.

📊 Sample Output

Real rows from run acXecsynUXBDOwNjS on build 0.1.12 (2026-09-17), the same input as the Quick start below — every value is as the source published it (emails masked, long text shortened):

item_id	title	citation	publication_date	collection
522105	Capital Nutrition Inc. v New Skinny Mixes LLC (formerly Skinny Mixes,	2026 TMOB 180	2026-09-03	Trademark Opposition Board Decisions
522106	Ontario Association of Home Inspectors v Canadian Association of Home	2026 TMOB 181	2026-09-03	Trademark Opposition Board Decisions
522104	Benoît & Côté Inc. v Rascal Remedies Inc.	2026 TMOB 178	2026-08-31	Trademark Opposition Board Decisions
522107	Lindsay Amantea v United Conservative Association	2026 TMOB 179	2026-08-31	Trademark Opposition Board Decisions
522102	Lorraine Sylvestre v AVID Center, a non-profit public benefit Californ	2026 TMOB 177	2026-08-31	Trademark Opposition Board Decisions
522101	Registrar of Trademarks v FM AF, LLC	2026 TMOB 176	2026-08-31	Trademark Opposition Board Decisions
522098	MLS Légal inc. v Fresh Export SPR de RL	2026 TMOB 174	2026-08-28	Trademark Opposition Board Decisions
522099	Tims Produksiyon Film ve Organizasyon Sanayi ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi	2026 TMOB 175	2026-08-28	Trademark Opposition Board Decisions

The run finished with the status message: NORMAL: emitted 10 item(s)

✅ What you get

Each row is flat JSON with these fields (from the dataset schema and the sample run; a field the source does not publish for a given row is null):

• record_key (string/null) — e.g. tmob:522105
• item_id — e.g. 522105
• title — e.g. Capital Nutrition Inc. v New Skinny Mixes LLC (formerly Skinny Mixes, LLC)
• citation — e.g. 2026 TMOB 180
• publication_date — e.g. 2026-09-03
• source_url — e.g. https://decisions.opic-cipo.gc.ca/tmob-comc/decisions/en/item/522105/index.do
• collection — e.g. Trademark Opposition Board Decisions
• scope_note — e.g. decision index only; the decision PDF is not downloaded
• record_type (string) — e.g. decision_record
• delta_type (string/null) — null in every sample row

Every run also writes a RUN_RECEIPT record to its key-value store with the source checks it made and the counts it charged — diagnostics never land in the paid dataset.

⚙️ Sample inputs

1. Quick start — the Store example (this is what the sample above came from)

{
  "year": 2026,
  "pages": 1,
  "title_contains": [],
  "watch_mode": false,
  "baseline_id": "default",
  "max_items": 10
}

The sample run charged exactly: 1 × $0.02 apify-actor-start + 1 × $0.10 source-check + 0 × $0.10 decision-delta = $0.12 on the Free tier — snapshot preview rows are delivered unbilled; only the source check and the start fee were charged.

2. A smaller, narrowed run

{
  "year": 2026,
  "pages": 1,
  "title_contains": [],
  "watch_mode": false,
  "baseline_id": "default",
  "max_items": 5
}

Caps the run at 5 rows; same billing shape as the sample run above.

3. Watch mode on a schedule

{
  "year": 2026,
  "pages": 1,
  "title_contains": [],
  "watch_mode": true,
  "baseline_id": "default",
  "max_items": 10
}

The first run seeds a private baseline and emits zero deltas; every later run emits one row per change, billed at $0.10 each plus the $0.10 source check; billed deltas are capped at 500 per run.

🧾 JSON sample record

One real record from run acXecsynUXBDOwNjS, exactly as it lands in the dataset (emails masked, long text shortened):

{
  "record_key": "tmob:522105",
  "item_id": "522105",
  "title": "Capital Nutrition Inc. v New Skinny Mixes LLC (formerly Skinny Mixes, LLC)",
  "citation": "2026 TMOB 180",
  "publication_date": "2026-09-03",
  "source_url": "https://decisions.opic-cipo.gc.ca/tmob-comc/decisions/en/item/522105/index.do",
  "collection": "Trademark Opposition Board Decisions",
  "scope_note": "decision index only; the decision PDF is not downloaded",
  "record_type": "decision_record",
  "schema_version": "1.0",
  "output_mode": "preview",
  "preview_cap": 25,
  "preview_truncated": 0
}

🔧 How it works

Source. The actor reads decisions.opic-cipo.gc.ca — endpoints: https://decisions.opic-cipo.gc.ca. Public pages and feeds only; nothing behind a login.

Transport. Plain HTTPS from the Apify platform, no proxy. Every request carries an identified contact User-Agent.

Watch semantics. Snapshot mode (watch_mode: false) returns a preview capped at 25 records. Watch mode keys every record on a source-native id, stores a private baseline in a named key-value store, and on each later run emits one delta row per change (new / changed / removed). A blocked fetch is never diffed, so a source outage cannot show up as a mass removal.

Terminal states. A run ends NORMAL, CAPPED (your cap was reached), PARTIAL (something was withheld and the message says what), GENUINE_EMPTY (the source was read and truly had nothing in scope) or BLOCKED (the source refused or changed shape — the run FAILS loud and bills nothing). A zero-row run is never reported as a silent success.

Charging. Each decision delta is charged at the moment it is pushed (decision-delta); a row that fails to charge is not delivered, so the dataset count always equals the charged count. One source-check is charged per run that actually read the source.

What is not done. No login, no cookie or CAPTCHA bypass, no private or personal-account data, no browser automation.

⏰ Set it on a schedule

A single run is a snapshot. The value is the feed: open the actor in Apify Console → Schedules → Create new, add this actor with input 3 above (watch_mode: true), and pick a cadence:

• Daily — 0 7 * * * (07:00 UTC): catch changes within a day.
• Weekly — 0 7 * * 1: a Monday digest.

The baseline persists in a named key-value store between runs, so every scheduled run compares against the last one; use a different baseline_id for independent watches. Schedules can also POST results to a webhook (Console → Integrations).

💰 Pricing example

Event	Free	Bronze	Silver	Gold
Actor Start (apify-actor-start)	$0.02	$0.02	$0.02	$0.02
Source check (source-check)	$0.10	$0.09	$0.08	$0.07
Decision Delta (decision-delta)	$0.10	$0.09	$0.08	$0.07

Worked at the live Free-tier price (watch mode, one delta per change):

• 8 decision deltas: $0.02 start + $0.10 source check + 8 × $0.10 = $0.92
• 25 decision deltas: $0.02 start + $0.10 source check + 25 × $0.10 = $2.62
• 500 decision deltas: $0.02 start + $0.10 source check + 500 × $0.10 = $50.12

A run that delivers zero rows charges the $0.02 start fee plus the $0.10 source check (the source was read and reported empty). A BLOCKED run (source refused) fails loud and charges no value event. The start fee is charged once per GB of run memory; the default run memory is 1024 MB.

Yield on the sample run: NORMAL: emitted 10 item(s). max_items is a hard ceiling on what is delivered and billed, never a target. Snapshot output is capped at 25 records regardless of the cap you set; watch mode is the full feed.

⚖️ Legal & ToS

This actor reads public, logged-out pages and feeds published by decisions.opic-cipo.gc.ca. It collects only what the source publishes to any visitor, identifies itself with a contact User-Agent, and does not access accounts, private data or anything behind authentication. Use the output in line with the source's terms and your local law; the intended use is B2B research and monitoring.

❓ FAQ

Q: Do I need an API key or a login?
A: No. The source (decisions.opic-cipo.gc.ca) is read logged-out; the input schema has no key field and the actor carries no secrets.

Q: Why did my run return 0 rows?
A: Read the run's status message. GENUINE_EMPTY means the source was read and had nothing in scope for your input (in watch mode the first run always seeds the baseline and returns zero deltas); BLOCKED means the source refused and the run failed without billing a value event — retry later or narrow the input. A zero-row run bills the start fee plus one source check.

Q: How many rows can one run return?
A: Up to max_items (default 500); snapshot previews stop at 25. Raise the cap for a bigger run; you pay per delivered row.

Q: What does watch mode remember between runs?
A: A private baseline of source-native record ids in a named key-value store (baseline_id names it, so several independent watches can coexist). Each later run diffs the live source against it and emits only changes.

Q: How fresh is the data?
A: Every run reads the source live at run time; nothing is cached between runs except the watch baseline. Put it on a schedule for a continuous feed.

Q: What formats can I export?
A: The dataset downloads as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML or RSS from the run's Dataset tab or the Apify API, and any run can push to a webhook or integration.

Q: How is this different from the other IP and trademark watches actors?
A: Same output shape and billing model; this one covers decisions.opic-cipo.gc.ca. The siblings under Related Actors cover the other sources or slices — run several on one schedule for a combined feed.

🆘 Troubleshooting

• Run FAILED with BLOCKED → the source refused the request or changed its page shape → nothing was billed beyond the start fee; retry after a while, and if it persists open an Issue with the run id.
• Status says CAPPED → your cap (max_items) was reached → raise it for a bigger run.
• Input validation error on start → a field is outside the schema's allowed values → start from the Quick start block and change one field at a time.
• Run TIMED-OUT → a very wide request on a slow day → raise the run timeout in Run options or narrow the input; what was delivered before the timeout is still in the dataset.
• First watch run shows no deltas → expected: it seeds the baseline; changes appear from the second run.

🔗 Related Actors

• CIPO Trademarks Journal Change Watch — Seed-zero weekly change feed over the public CIPO Trademarks Journal — new marks and changes for your watched classes or owners
• EPO Amended Patent Specification Watch — Granted European patents narrowed or upheld after opposition or limitation (B2/B3). A litigation-relevant signal — roughly 35 a week worldwide
• EPO Patent Application Publication Watch — European patent applications as they publish (A1/A2/A3). A high-volume bulk feed — roughly 3,700 publications a week
• EPO Patent Correction Publication Watch — Corrected European patent publications (A8/A9/B8/B9). Roughly 50 a week — docketing accuracy rather than bulk
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